Speak Up: How Do Your Friends Distract You From Working Out?

There are only a couple of friends that I like to work out with because I know they like to work hard. Then there are others who'll go to the gym with me and would rather chitchat about their annoying boss or insensitive boyfriend, or how their dog chewed their favorite purse. I'm not saying I don't want to talk to my friends, but there's a time and a place for everything. Since I'm a working mom, I don't have a ton of extra time in my schedule, so I don't appreciate being distracted from my workouts.

How about you? How do your friends prevent you from getting in a good workout?

My friends go to more expensive gyms at this time, but we used to go together and they were really motivated. They're not that interested in gossiping, which is good because I'm not into that myself. I like to work out and have fun, rather than just hang out at the gym and chitchat.

One of my friends just laughs through an entire workout video and another just doesn't do it or gets bored or too lazy really quickly. I need to workout alone but I really want someone to keep me company and to keep me motivated.

I usually go alone. If I do go with someone, we basically just ride there together and then go our separate ways once inside. If I'm working out beside a friend then I feel obligated to talk to them and I'd rather listen to music.

To be really honest, none of my friends work out with me because I'm a lot more "hardcore" than they are. They tell me that I push them too hard, so I usually work out alone. I would work out with my husband, but he complains way too much.

I've tried working out with my friends but they tend to go to easy classes like bodyjam and walk on the treadmill and half the time they don't show up...right now my gym is having a 1 month free trial so both my sisters and a couple of friends are coming with me...I love them...but the gym is ME time and I like to make the most of it, not stand around and chat (I'm very time orientated when I go there)...so I'm not sure what I'm going to do this month...

i usually go it alone...i like to just get into my zone and get a great workout. Even when i take my husband we dont talk, we just get on the machines, put our earphones on and get to work. I dont really care for the girls that go together and get onto the machines next to me and chat super loudly the whole time. My earphones cant even block it out and i totally hate it! :(

I have a friend who trains with my husband at the gym. They started training together because he wanted to get bigger and my husband has a great understanding of nutrition and training since he was a really good wrestler. But whenever they go together, this guy will wander off and go say hi to people and chit-chat when he's supposed to be working in reps with my husband. I went over there and yelled at him once because he was wasting both of our time.
And he tries to hug me after I've been on the treadmill and I'm terribly sweaty. Come to think of it, he hugs everyone

This is why I have gone alone forever. I did go with my roommate when I lived on campus at school. We worked well together, and we would always end up staying later and playing racquetball or something after our workouts. We knew when to talk and when to shut up.

it's my mom who distracts me: we will get into a conversation either on the way to the gym or before we leave, and we end up wanting to continue it, so we decide to talk a power walk outside or walk on the treadmill instead so we can continue talking...and while it's great, i need a hard run to really feel successful in my workout

i have friends who push me and friends that i have to push. the ones i have to push i am the one who sets the pace but on those days i pretty much expect that i won't be getting as good a workout...so now i had to add extra workouts during the week to make up for the 'easy' workouts with my friend.

They don't b/c I don't allow them to. I only workout with those friends who I know are there to really work out. I have one friend who suggested we start going to the gym together and I flat out told her no. I tend to work out solo anyway, I like my alone time. But sometimes I need someone to push me so I will call a friend to go for a hike.

I prefer to work out by myself. I hate it when people at the gym talk to me. Thankfully the ipod tends to cut that to a minimum. Most of my friends that I've gone to the gym with do just talk the whole time and I hate it! It's one of my biggest pet peeves actually.